* These resorts did not have a golf course ranked in the Public Access Top 100, and were listed separately last year. This year, we have included these courses in our rankings, but we show the course rank to enable golfers to select a resort that offers the quality of course that they seek.

To qualify for our list, destinations must offer a fully integrated resort environment including at least quality overnight accommodation and dining facilities for three daily meals. The accommodation may not be owned by the Golf Course, but there must be the option to book a “Stay and Play” package.

As with our course rankings, we have aimed for clear criteria and presented individual assessments in each category so that users can decide for themselves whether they are seeking better quality food and beverages or additional non-golf activities.

The overall Resort Ranking is the result of combining our scores for Accommodation, Dining and Other (see How the Lists were Compiled) but excluding the golf course ranking itself.

Again, little has altered since last year, with four Queensland resorts topping the list, headed by the two Hyatt Regency locations at Coolum and Sanctuary Cove, followed by the Novotel Twin Waters Resort on the Sunshine Coast and the RACV Royal Pines Gold Coast.

Launceston’s Country Club Tasmania (ranked 5) offers fine accommodation and dining with a casino, spa and a host of other options perhaps worthy of consideration for those less concerned about the golf, whilst their partners head north to Barnbougle, or for everyone wanting a rest after a few days of windswept golf.

Accommodation: The quality of the rooms, the range of suite sizes, appointments, room service and in-room facilities; accessibility to golf and dining.

Food and Beverage: Quality, choice and service in restaurants/clubhouse/on course (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Resorts that do not offer full meal service 7 days were penalized, even where there were nearby restaurants.

Other: Quality and range of on site activities - tennis, pool, spa, beach, gym, barbecue, gaming, shopping, walking, fishing etc. For resorts featuring more than 18 holes of golf a small bonus was applied in this category. Services that may be available from nearby providers were NOT considered. Golf practice facilities were NOT rated.

Each element was weighted equally (ie one third of total score for each).

We recognize the subjective nature of our rankings, and suggest their use as a guide only.

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